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Brooklyn Philharmonic

BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC
One of the nation’s groundbreaking music ensembles, the Brooklyn Philharmonic opens its 54th season as a vital presence in the cultural life of the New York metropolitan area. For the past five decades, the Brooklyn Philharmonic has played a leading role in the presentation of innovative and thematic programming, receiving 21 ASCAP Awards over the last 25 years for “Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music.” Since its 1954 inception, audiences have embraced the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s commitment
to the concept of the orchestra as a contemporary performance ensemble, emphasizing important present-day music. The Philharmonic has world premiered over 166 works, including 65 commissions.

Brooklyn Philharmonic enters this season under the baton of Music Director Michael Christie, who is in his third season with the orchestra, and is the fifth conductor in this role since the founding of the Brooklyn Philharmonic. Christie, a paramount American conductor of the 21st century, succeeds a line of illustrious predecessors —Robert Spano, Dennis Russell Davies, Lukas Foss and the Brooklyn Philharmonic’s founding father, Siegfried Landau.

Devoted to bringing music to the entire Brooklyn community, Brooklyn Philharmonic serves the borough’s cultural and educational communities through partnerships with Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Museum, and Brooklyn Public Library to present programs such as Music Off The Walls, Target First Saturdays, and Music Off The Shelves. This season Brooklyn Philharmonic has also seen the expansion of its summer concert series, building on the legacy of its 29th consecutive performance in Prospect Park as part of Celebrate Brooklyn, Brooklyn Philharmonic has broadened its reach, performing at such venues as The South Street Seaport, Asser Levy Park in Coney Island, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park, and The Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.

The Brooklyn Philharmonic is continually expanding its role as a leader in music
education and as a critical cultural resource for economically disadvantaged children and at-risk youth. Current initiatives include School Time Concerts that have introduced more than 350,000 children to the concert hall experience over the past 44 years, open rehearsals for middle and high school music students, in-school repertoire workshops, curriculum based workshops at elementary schools, pre- and post-concert discussions, masterclasses, in-school coaching, and free or reduced price tickets for students and community groups.

The Brooklyn Philharmonic proudly continues its legacy of being a risk-taking institution of artistic excellence.

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